About the Dick Howser TrophyThe Dick Howser Trophy is a national
sponsorship that was created on behalf of Dick Howser to promote baseball
excellence and scholastic achievement for collegiate baseball. Education
is one of the country's biggest concerns and through sports will bring an
enhanced national focus. As the baseball equivalent of the Heisman Trophy,
the Dick Howser Trophy is the annual national award for the outstanding
collegiate baseball player. The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
(NCBWA) votes for the recipient based on nominees' performance, character,
leadership and courage – all features to be emulated in memory of the late
Dick Howser. The trophy, a bronze bust of the late Dick Howser, is permanently
displayed at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, home of the Tampa Bay Rays.

Presenting sponsor:
St. Petersburg Area Chamber of CommerceThe St. Petersburg Area
Chamber of Commerce has had over 100 years of community service since its
founding in 1899. The organization has long been a vital force in the baseball
affairs of the city, both in spring training and during the pursuit of a
major league baseball franchise for the Tampa Bay area, and continues its
solid role in the 21st Century.

2015 Winner: Andrew Benintendi,
ArkansasAndrew Benintendi is among the Top 15 in seven different
NCAA Division I categories and enters the '15 NCAA World Series with a nation-co-leading
19 home runs, 55 RBI, a .380 batting average, .715 slugging percentage,
a .489 on-base percentage, 158 total bases, and 23 stolen bases. He also
recently led the Razorbacks to their eighth all-time trip to the NCAA World
Series and fourth trek since 2004 under head coach Dave Van Horn after winning
the NCAA Fayetteville Super Regional over Missouri State. • Midseason Watch List
| Finalists

2014 Winner: A.J. Reed,
KentuckyReed, who leads the nation in home runs with 23, slugging
percentage at .735 and OPS (batting average plus slugging percentage) at
1.211, also had a 12-2 pitching record for coach Gary Henderson's Wildcats.
He is Kentucky's first national baseball player of the year and is bidding
to become the third consensus national player from the Southeastern Conference,
along with 2007 Howser Trophy recipient David Price of Vanderbilt and Alabama's
David Magadan, the 1985 honoree and current hitting coach for the Texas
Rangers. The native of basketball-famous Terre Haute, Ind., batted .336
with 73 RBI and a .476 on-base percentage for the '14 Wildcats. He also
started 16 games for Kentucky, had a 2.09 earned run average, gave up 98
hits in 112 innings of work, struck out 71 hitters, and walked only 29.
He accounted for just under one-third (12) of the 37-25 Wildcats' total
team victories.• Semifinalists
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2013 Winner: Kris Bryant,
San DiegoThe sterling junior third baseman led NCAA Division
I in home runs (31, 10 more than the individual runner-up), runs with 80,
total bases with 187, and slugging percentage at .820 while helping USD
roll to a 37-25 overall record and second place in the NCAA Los Angeles
Regional behind College World Series-bound UCLA. The consensus All-American
from Las Vegas paced the West Coast Congerence in virtually every power
hitting category as well and was 2013 WCC Co-Player of the Year. He also
was the second player chosen overall in the 2013 Major League Baseball draft
by the Chicago Cubs on June 6. Bryant has been one of the most honored student-athletes
in baseball in San Diego history and carries a cumulative 3.1 grade point
average. Besides being Academic All-WCC, he is a previous NCBWA Freshman
All-America in 2011 and All-WCC on the field from 2011-13 for Coach Rich
Hill's Toreros.• Kris
Bryant video | Semifinalists | Finalists

2012 Winner: Mike Zunino,
FloridaThe consensus All-America and 2012 honoree from Cape
Coral, Fla., started all 64 games for coach Kevin O'Sullivan's Gators, had
a team-leading 28 doubles. 19 homers, 64 RBI, and nine sacrifice flies,
posted a .678 slugging percentage, had 162 total bases, fielded at a torrid
.994 clip (three errors in 493 total chances), and led Florida into the
2012 CWS with a 47-18 overall record. On June 4 he became the highest draft
choice in Gators' history as the No. 3 selection in the first round to the
Seattle Mariners.• Semifinalists
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2011 Winner: Taylor Jungmann,
TexasJungmann, who hails from Georgetown, Texas, near Austin,
brought the Longhorns back to the 2011 NCAA World Series with a 13-3 mark,
five complete games, three route-going shutouts (five combined), a 1.60
ERA, 36 walks issued, and 125 strikeouts. He was the Big 12 Conference Pitcher
of the Year, helped UT to a 49-18 mark through Saturday's opener in the
CWS, has 19 appearances with 18 starts, and allowed opponents a batting
average of .165. The consensus All- America selection was selected No. 12
overall in the 2011 MLB draft by the Milwaukee Brewers. Jungmann won the
Howser Trophy over two other outstanding finalists: UCLA junior pitcher
Trevor Bauer and Virginia junior utility performer (P-DH-1B) Danny Hultzen.
• Semifinalists |
Finalists

2010 Winner: Anthony Rendon,
RiceRendon batted .402 in conference play and finished the season
hitting .394 overall. He led Conference USA in home runs with 26 and had
more homers than strikeouts (22) all season long. Rendon ranks among the
nation's leaders in runs scored (83) and walks (65) while maintaining a
.530 on-base percentage. He had 12 doubles and 85 RBI, while posting an
.801 slugging percentage.• Semifinalists | Finalists

2009 Winner: Stephen Strasburg,
San Diego StateThe San Diego resident was the national leader
in strikeouts with 195 and No. 2 in NCAA Division I with a 1.32 ERA and
hits allowed per nine innings with 5.37 to compliment a 13-1 overall record.
The 2008 USA Baseball Player of the Year for all divisions, Strasburg was
the first selection in the 2009 Major League Baseball free agent draft by
the Washington Nationals in June. Strasburg totally dominated the Mountain
West Conference in '09. In round-robin league play, he was 7-0 with 111
strikeouts and a 1.50 ERA in eight starts. Overall, he pitched 109 innings
in 15 starts, had a pair of complete games, had a hand in four shutouts
(two in personal complete games), gave up 65 hits, and walked just 19 hitters
in 15 contests. Opponents batted just .172 against the Aztec standout.
• Semifinalists |
Finalists

2008 Winner: Buster Posey,
Florida StateThe fifth player chosen overall in the June 2008
Major League Baseball free agent draft by the San Francisco Giants, Buster
Posey entered the College World Series with an NCAA-leading .460 batting
average and Top 10 individual credentials in seven of the NCAA's Division
I statistical categories. Through 66 games he topped the NCAA with 92 RBI,
26 home runs (tied for first place), 114 hits, 88 runs, a .564 on-base percentage,
and 220 total bases. He was one of the top defensive catchers in the country
with just eight errors in 474 chances for a .983 fielding percentage.
• Watch List | Semifinalists | Finalists

2007 Winner: David Price,
VanderbiltThe consensus All-America left-hander led the Southeastern
Conference in five different pitching categories and was dominant in almost
every start for his 2007 squad. He led Vanderbilt to a school-record-season
victories' total at 54-13 overall and is the Commodores' first men's athletics
national player of the year in any sport. Price was chosen as the first
player in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
(Vanderbilt's first-ever initial draft selection) and ended the year at
11-1 overall with 194 strikeouts in 133 1/3 innings pitched.• Watch List | Semifinalists | Finalists